Can you use a Guitar and an Octave pedal to make a bass? | In the Shop Episode #38 | Thomann

Julia and Andy try the Fender Sixty-Six and a Aguilar Octamizer octave pedal to try to create a bass guitar tone. Does it work? Does Julia like it? Can you use a Guitar and an Octave pedal to make a bass? Watch the video to find out!

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[stevendzik]

This was great. It solves a big problem. There are 10 times as many guitar players as bass players. This solution may not replace a bass, but if you can't find someone to play bass, letting the guitarists share bass duties is feasible.

[zebetomusic]

Me: Finally a pedal that sounds like a real bass and not a synthesizer.
Guy in the video: So that's without the pedal right?

[lowe]

The first demo (at 1:36), without the octave pedal, was the closest to a bass sound actually.

[amirkhalid]

The U in "Aguilar" is silent, it's just there to indicate the G is hard (like in "guitar"). So it's "a-gi-lar".

[JoeBaermann]

As for using Analog Octavers with guitar, keep in mind that they won’t do polyphonic, they also have some tracking issues, on the other hand, within those limits they do sound better for single notes than their digital counterpart.
For bass the real deal sounds best.

[Silly_Moves]

This oddly shaped guitar you play looks quite authentic...

[antondhondt]

Some guitar processors do this trick perfectly, without any synth tones, sounding somewhat like classic jazz Fender, but only on 2 thick strings. This trick can be utilized for simple bass lines, without slap/chords and other complex stuff.

[joermnyc]

Agreed, it sounds more like synth-bass...

[BlakeHarper]

I’m a loop artist and I’m looking at all the different octave pedals for a solid bass sound for my loops.

[MikeLute]

It sounded ok. A little bit thin but it works if the right amount of groove is there. Julia rocks!

[StudioChimiel]

So, the thing you really need to get a good bass line, is a great bass player :)

[muznick]

Now I have that cool bass line stuck in my head.

[falcons]

It’s ok if you’re used to a bass player that doesn’t really stand out or if you are just recording a backing track.

[miguelbarrera]

Gonna try to be open here. The pronunciation of the pedal name depends on who made it and who pronounces it haha, so it might be exactly as you pronounced it :). BUT, as a native Spanish speaker, I would read it in Spanish because that word exists in Spanish. Aguilar is normally interpreted as "a place where eagles are/live", it comes from "águila" which means "eagle". So there's the surname "Aguilar" used in Spanish-speaking countries. In Spanish the conjunction of the letters "gue" and "gui" make the U silent and the G soft. As some people have mentioned, like in "guitar". The accent, just like in "guitar", is on the last syllable. So pronounce it like "guitar", just ad an "ah" sound at the beginning and change the "T" for an "L" and you're set. Just as a side note, in Mexico we do the same with Ibanez, the guitar brand. So it's a Japanese brand that gave a Spanish surname to the brand name. The surname is Ibañez, so we normally pronounce it like "ee-bah-ñes", Spaniards would probably say "ee-bah-ñeth". I hope you know what that Ñ sounds like :) So we don't pronounce it "eye-bah-nayz". BUT! As most of the world pronounce it in English, and maybe even the company founders/owners as well, you can pronounce it however you like :) I'm just saying that Spanish speakers will often recognize those words as Spanish and pronounce them that way. Cheers!

[TheEchelon]

Wait, the initial playing was without the pedal? Then how did you get the guitar to sound like a bass?

[rtsmudge]

I've been messing about with this kind of idea using my Katana. It does the job at a push but not brilliantly. As you said Andy. It sounds slightly synth-like. Maybe useful for some things. I'm definitely getting a bass. The one you folks recommended as it happens.

[BrazenNL]

Besides using it as an effect, I use the octaver for bass lines when I create a loop to practice. Can't see a bass player use it for realsies.

[lowercentenary]

I think it can absolutely replace a bass...sounds a bit dirtier as well, very nice...besides if it's not bass why are so many bass players here so threatened

[kkyyee]

fun fact, this is how Tame Impala did the bass on The Less I Know the Better

[Leo_ofRedKeep]

Interesting sound. I tried it on a 7-string guitar. It's fun.
You still need a bass player for the demo, so please keep Julia ;-)